Vending machine



June 2, 1925.

y 1,540,715 J. RHKCNEN v VENDING MACHINE- Filed May 8. 1 922 5 sheets-sheet 2 J. RIIKONEN VENDING MACHINE FiledvMaynB. 1922 5 Sheets-Sheet 5' U37 RX/Ooey".

J. RnKoNEN VENDING MACHINE 5 sheets-8h86'c Filed may@ 1922 June 2, 1925. 1,540,715

J. RIIKONEN VENDING MAI-IINE FiledMayw, 1922 5 Sheets-,Sheet 5 y Patented June 2, 1925.`

L ,UNITED-STATES aorinnirnonnn, or cnrcaedfinnmois;

1 vEivDrNG MACHI'NE.

Application ieajna'y s,

ToaZZ whom may concern.' .i

Be it "known thaty L, Jol-1Nrltiinoiffnia,V a citizen of Finland, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State oflllinois,

have invented certain new and useful Im'- provements-in Vending Machines, of which the followingisa description. 1 n Y My device relates to fan improvement in vending'machinesz andV has among its 0bf jects the production of a machine of the kind described which is simple,'c`onvenient, durable, reliable, eflicient and satisfactory foruse wherever found applicable. 1 i

Manylother objects and advantagesof tle- E5'construction liereinshown` and described' Fig. Sisa section taken substantially on theline 3`3 of Fig. l; Y Fig; 4-is a Aps srspective detailofrone p ushV links; p'

Fig. `5 is a section taken the line 5-5 of Fig. 3; K l ig. 6 isa section taken substantially on the line-6 6 ofFig.`1;` V

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l" substantially i on `aFig. 7 is fasectiontaken substantially on the line 7 -7 ofFigl;

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i. Fig. 9 is a section` takenfsubstantially on Vthe line 9`-9iofFig.fl'; y

Fig. 10 isa section taken'k substantially on the lines `lO-l() of Figs. vlandlSgf ,shown in Fig. `3 at-the end of thev forward stroke on the push link; and Y V i ,i Fig. 12 is a` perspective detailof the coincontrolled link." i

' In` the drawings,` wherein lIhave illus?V trated the preferred embodiment of my invent-ion, therel is "illustrated a magazine casing or receptacle 1 of any suitable size,`

shape and material,` having-a discharge opening^2at the front thereof and aseries Fig. ll'is a sectionalview similartofthat iezz. 'sanar N6. Y 559,246.

of coin-receiving slots or apertures -3 3 spaced apart adjacent the upperend ofi the `=re ceptacle. WValls 4 are extended .upwardly`V from the? receptacle to forman additional storage space orrreservoir for enclosin'gthe articles to be vended. Thawallsiwt, l'are preferably-made vof =glass "or othertransparent material so that the\articlesftherein may be attractively displayed.y The: top

wall or cover 6` is preferably of metaland islanged overlthek exterior surface fof the walls? 4, as. shownmore clearly in-Fig.13`.

The backfwall? Visof any suitable material; preferably metal,` yhaving an outwardly flanged4 projection 9 at zthe- .bottom and: is Y `securely held inl. place,V by .suitablev locking means8.1 The bottom 10 ofthe receptacle has an aperturefll therethrough, over which aperture Vthere isV removably fitted afplatel2,

locked inplace by the removablerod9',` held in `placejby the projection 9 of the rear Iwallas' shown \in; Figs. V10 and 11'. The coins inserted g into' the;` machine jthrough the` v slots 3 are dischargedwinto 'the bottom thereof onto the'plate l2,` sothat when'the plateLV l12 i isremoved the coinshwll drop through the aperture ll and may. be then. collecteds` Y Dividing thereceptacleflinto'4 asuitable c number of compartmentsorfchambers, are

partitions 13. i Eachl ofthe partitionsv lis4 preferably formed of sheet material having sidewalls 14 and 15 spaced apart and ope-n attheirfloottom7 and havinga' coin-.receiving i.

with the slot 8 formed inthe 'casing .1.y f The side walls 14 and l5 arefoppcsitely -out-` vopening lwatthe forward end, registeringl wardly iianged at `their =bottoins,`v one of said Y ianged endshaving afplur'ality ofjstepslS,"

19,` 2O and 21 .off-progressively :varyingfelelv vations, f-ormedjthe'rein, the' ends ofthe steps having Between the side walls 14 and V1`5f0`f the p peni'ngs- 22,1 23f'and 24 respeci tively therebetween, i i i ,partitions there is vsecureda" magnet 25near the coin-receiving endfthereof to` deflectibad' coins from the main pathpand la guide mem`- ber .26 isspaced 'rearwardly ofthe Imagnet 25;- At thebottom of the-side walls 'ofea'ch' .t

partition at the-rear end, and"p`ivotally held thereat by a pin 27g-is a coineco-ntrolled" link having arms 28 and 29." The farm' 28 extends upwardly within [the partition lso thatitis ingthe path 4of the eoin-i (see Fig.

1o), and. .Win bepivoted abete ampia 27l te one for each compartment, each of which j is adapted tobe operatively engaged b-y the arm 29 of the coin-controlled link, in o-rder to discharge the articles 5 from the maga- Zine. There is an individuallink 30 provided for each compartment, the links being pivoted at one end to a rod 31 beneath the bottom walls of the compartments, the ends of they rod 31 secured to a Ul-shaped bar 32 pivoted at its upper end, as at 33, to t-he exterior walls of the end compartments. A bell crank lever 34 is pivoted at 35 to any suitableV stationary part of the device, and a link 36 .pivotally connects one arm of the bell crank lever- 34 to one of the end arms 32 of the U-shaped member, the part 34 having an elongatedslot 47 therein, through which the pin` 48 of the link 36 slidably eX- tends, so that when the bell crank lever 34 is rocked on its fulcrum 35 there will be first a small amount of lost motion at vthe parts 47 and 48, and the U-shaped member 32 will Abe rocked on its fulcrum 33 normally moving all of the push links 30l longitudinally of the compartments but entirely therebelo-w. A push rod or main control lever 37, is connected to one end of the bellcrank lever 34 andprojects outwardly through the casing 1. A tension spring 49 has one end secured to the link 36 and the otherto the lower.y end of the lever 34, as

shown-in Fig. 9. vThe-purpose of the lost motion connection is to avoid a sudden jar to 'the parts whenk pushing on the rod 37,

to lift the link 30 cooperating therewith through the opening 22 (see Figs. 3 and 10). The link has an inclined portion 30 `adjacent its article-engaging end1 and forming an enlargement thereat. In .this position ity will be seen that the link 30 will project through the opening in the bottoni wall of the compartment so that when the push rod 37 is depressed the. link 30 will be moved longitudinally forward, the inclined portion 30 lifting it slightlyrand. engaging along the bottom wall of the compartment the tip of the link engaging vthe bottom article y5 in thecompartment. and Ino'vingit to the position shown in Fig. 11wh-ereupon said article may be withdrawn by the operator. Then thelink 30 is at `the end of its forposition, as shown.

Thepurpose ofthe intermediate opening 23 is that of safety, or, in other words, to prevent the possibility of discharging more than a single article without inserting a fresh coin for each article. Assuming that a coin has been inserted, and the link moved forwardly yto discharge one article, but not quite to the end of the forward stroke, then, if it were attempted to move the link 30 rearwardly to its starting position, the inclined portion 30 would engage the rear wall of the safety opening to act as a cam and the link, instead of `returning completely to the rear of the compartment, would through the intermediate opening 23, thus preventing a fresh engagement with the next Y article in the compartment.

- It will be noted that although all of the links 3() are moved in unison, because they are all connected to the U-bar 32, only ythose links which have had Acoins inserted in their respective compartments are operative, the last mentioned links traveling along the interior surface of the bottom walls of the compartments, while the former links travel entirely below the compartments. n

Another purpose of the steps 18, 19 and 20 provided in the bottom Walls of the compartments is to jog or otherwise actuate the articles in the magazine so las to insure proper feeding thereof to the bottom wall of the conipartinent. ItV should be here noted .that the articles 5 are of elongated shape and are discl'ifarged endwise through the compartments.

The weight of the coin is suflicient to move 4the member 28 to the dotted'line position shown in Fig. 10, lifting the link 30, but is not sutlicient to mov-e saidmember and link any substantial distance beyond the dotted liney position (see Fig. 3). yAs soon as the link 30 has been 'actuated forwardly by the main control. mechanism, the weight'of the coin is permitted to move the member 28 ash'ort distancebackwardly beyond its dotted line position. AThe coin then drops intofthey pan. p f y A door or closure 39 is pivoted to the frame, as at 40, andnormally protects the opening 2. Rods 41 and 42 are nrovidedad# jacent the front and rear of the compartments to divide the upper portion of the magazine, said rods having their lower ends bent laterally, as at 43,r the bentvends 43 held between the side walls 14' and 15 of the partitions 13. The rods 41 and 42 are extended'to the top of the machine and are e5 drop lOO secured thereto bythreading the ends and securing a nut 44 thereat. In order to provide a heater structure,a false wall 45 .isfprovided interiorlyi offthetop wallf6, said wall. 45 secured'tothe ,topjwiall 6s by screws i6 or other Suitable orequiva'lent means: 1

Having thus described my inventioni, it is L obvious i that various-"immaterial modificaarticles. i

2. A device of the kind4 described. com- 1. A` device of the characterdescribed,'

A comprising, in combination, a series of article receiving receptacles, each havinga discharge outlet therefrom, a vbottom walldisposed across said receptacles in substantial alinement with the lower edge of said outlets, said wall being provided with a plurality of openings communicating with each receptacle, individual delivery means for Aeach of said receptacles, all of said delivery means movable simultaneously across said receptacles below said bottom wall and normally ineffective to deliver articlesthrough lsaid outlets, and coin-controlled means for selectively elevating said delivery means through certain of said openings torender their movement effective for discharging risino an article-receivinvr rece tacle'having a bottom wall and a discharge outlet for said articles,said bottom wallhaving a plurality of `openings therethrough spaced between the front and rear thereof at different levels, a link normally movable longitudinally of said wall entirely therebelow, and coin-controlled` means for lifting one end of said linkto enter fone-of said spaced openings whereby the longitudinal `movement of the link will be above the botytom wall to engage and discharge one of said articles thro-ugh said outlet,vsaid link subsequently dropping through another of said spaced openings to itsnormally inopera-tive position. i 3. A device of the kind `described comprising a series ofarticle receiving receptacle, each having a bottom wall and a discharge outlet `for said articles, said botto-m` wall having a plurality of openings therethrough spacedv between the front and Vrear thereof, a series of links for eachfkoney of sa1d receptacles normallysimultaneously movable longitudinally of said Vwalls 'but entirely therebelow,` and. coin-controlled means for selectively lifting one/end of one of said links to. enter one. of said fspaced openings Vwhereby the4 longitudinal move- Vment of said `link will-be above the `bottom wall to engage and discharge one ofsaid articles, thefotherlinksi moving entirely betweehfwsaid"walls;v said llink'subsequently l r` droppingw through anotherrofsaid spaced openings to its'. fnormallyrinoperativel posiy tion 1 at fthe lend iof its for-ward movements 4:.` lA! deviceV :ofi the) kind described?V4` com- Lprising :a series sof adj acentfartiole-receiving receptacles; eachhaving! 5 a` y. bottom -farticle4 supporting wall ,and .a t discharge; outletA at one end thereof, said wallsfhaving openings therethrough at the front and rear, a

U-frame member pivoted so as to be recip- Y rocally movable longitudinally of all ofthe bottom walls,links pivotally carried by said U-frame member and normally movable in"v unison entirely below each of saidy bottom" walls when said U-frame member is actuated and coin-controlled means pivotally.`

movableto selectively lift the free endogf v `one of said links through the rear opening in one `of the bottom walls to rest thereon during its forward movement to engage and discharge an article through said discharge outlet, the remaining links valways moving f i Y Y their respective receptacles, the free end of l simultaneously `therewith, entirely below the effective link dropping through the forward opening of the wall toits normal position at the end ofthe forward stroke.

5. 'A device Vof the; kind described comprisingv a-n article-receiving receptacle having a bottom wall and a dischargeoutlet for said articles, said bottom wall having front and `rear openings therethrough andan opening intermediate said openings, al coincontrolled member normallyneffectlve` to engage said articles, `but movable through said `rear opening to engage saidarticlesr L whenever'a coin" 1s inserted, sa1d member movable along said bottom wall to discharge said article and'adapted `to drop through Y saidl front 'opening to its. normally inoperative-positionat the end of its stroke, but' also adapted to'dropthrough said vintermediate openingto its normally inoperative position' when releasedlfrom the lengaged article` before the end of its'forward stroke and `moved rearwardly `of said bottom'wa'll.

6. A device of the kind` described com- Y j `ing a bottom wall-fand; a` discharge outlet f Y,

rising an article-receivin rece tacle havfor said articles, said bottom wall having an openingtherethrough adjacent the rear thereof and an opening forwardly ofthe rear opening and a coin-'controlled member eng-ageable with said articles when a coin Y is inserted and movable forwardly to discharge said article, but falling through said forward opening whenever it is moved rearwardly-before it has completed its full for- .wardmovement i l i 7. A device of the kind described, 0m-i prising anl article receiving receptacle hav- 1 ling yal bottom wall and a `discharge outlet yfor articles, said bottom wallkhaving a series j ofy openings therethrough, and an article engaging member normally positionedbelow said'bottom wall and adapted to be elevated in theoperative position above said wall by the deposit fof a coin, said member movable within said receptacleto discharge articles therefromV and adapted to drop through oneof said openings to its normally inoperative position when` released from the e We i -JOHN RIIKONEN. -Witnesses:

ROY W. HILL, RUTH MfEPHRAIM. 

